No. 1 Royal Crescent celebrates 40 years

18th June 2010

“It is only at No 1 that visitors can appreciate the outstanding quality of the Woods’ design, and can understand how the interiors may have been furnished and used in its Georgian heyday” No 1 Curator, Victoria Barwell

Bath Preservation Trust will be celebrating the 40^th birthday of No 1 Royal Crescent’s opening as a museum, on Sunday 20^th June, with a special birthday cake baked and donated by the Royal Crescent Hotel.

A gathering of past and present staff and Trustees and individuals associated with the creation of the museum will be present. These include Mr Brian Cooper, a stonemason who worked on the restoration of the stone Ionic capitals which make up a key part of the facade, and Mr Louis Jebb, son of Mr Philip Jebb, the architect for the restoration project, as well as some of the guides who have been volunteers since the museum opened.

The cake will be cut by Mrs Elizabeth Cayzer, niece of Major Bernard Cayzer, the generous benefactor who bought No 1 to give to the Trust and supported much of its restoration in the late 1960s and early 70s.  A few words will be said at 430pm by Edward Bayntun-Coward, Chairman of the Trust.